james-bonds

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   by james-bonds 4y ago

   > I can be true that crime is WAY down form the ~1992 peak, and that it is way up relative to 2019 Why are we talking about crime in the early 90s? The original discussion started with nonethewiser saying "Not to mention crime has b
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   by james-bonds 4y ago

   I agree that crime is lower than the worst time ever in NYC. But a lot of crime is still up 20, 30, 40% over the last 12 years. I'm sorry, but that's just really bad and calling it a media narrative because crime is still down f
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   by james-bonds 4y ago

   It's not just media coverage, although that is a narrative being pushed. For instance, this Bloomberg article tries to paint that narrative: https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2022-is-nyc-safe-crime-st... However,